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State Suicide Prevention Plans Some are directed by the legislature, others are not Most outline several GOALS and corresponding OBJECTIVES that detail how those goals will be met Some are updated regularly, others are not Some are being worked on actively, others are not

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Example I.AWARENESS Goal 1: Promote awareness that suicide is a public health problem and that many suicides are preventable Objective 1.1: Develop/implement public information campaigns Objective 1.2: Establish/host regularly scheduled suicide prevention conferences Objective 1.3: Increase the number of state institutions active in suicide prevention Goal 2: Develop broad-based support Goal 3: Develop/implement strategies to reduce stigma associated with being a consumer of MH, SA, and SP services